Enjoying Being a Family of Four...

...at home! We made it through our first 24 hours with two kids at home! =) Andy and I each took a shift during the night to get up with Kaela...leaving ourselves each with a potential 5 hour stretch of sleep. Needless to say, we didn't really sleep much anyway. Oh well. Such is life for a few months with a newborn, and we're just glad to have her home.

Christopher's had a rougher 24 hours - not so sure he likes sharing Daddy and Mommy, but overall he's doing pretty well. He likes to look at Kaela when she's in her crib or seat, just not when Daddy or Mommy is holding her - then he wants attention and nothing to do with her. However, when I took him to the store this evening, he kept saying "Go home. See Kaea. Go home. You see Kaea." (He refers to himself as you instead of I in most sentences). And he's held her a couple times, and tried to help feed and change her. It's so precious to watch him with her - he's actually pretty gentle.

We've found out that Kaela isn't as hot-natured as Christopher was/is. We've had her dressed in two layers of clothes, a hat, and wrapped in 3 heavy blankets, sometimes 4, to keep her warm enough...so she "weighs" an extra 10lbs! (Ok - overstatement...but seems like a huge bundle!)


Christopher "rock-rock" Baby Kaea.

















Aunt Anna stopped by after school, and snuggled her nephew and niece on the couch.

















Spending some time outside - Christopher, Daddy and Kaela get some fresh air.

















"Face. Ear. Two ears." SMILE SMILE!






















Helping feed Kaela.






















Beautiful girl - look at all that black hair!





























What a wonderful day. God is SO GOOD!